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APPLICATION FILED 14113.9, 1907.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

Application filed March 9, 1907. Serial No. 361,565.

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUAN EsoUoER, a subject of the King of Spain,residing at Barcelona, Spain, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spittoons; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in spittoons of the kind in whichthe receiver or vessel is supported on a column, and when not in use iscovered by a casing, which is opened when it is desired to use thespittoon. The receiver is provided with a pipe through which water orother cleaning or disinfecting fluid may be thrown into the receiver bymeans of suitable devices controlled by a hand or a foot lever.

The object of my invention is to render such spittoons more sanitary,and to produce a neat and attractive looking device, in which the bowlor receiver is covered when not in use.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of myimproved spittoon, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away,of the same, showing the covers opened. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectiontaken at right angles to the position as shown in Fig. 1.

The support is formed by a column a with a base 1 at its lower end, andan enlargement 2 at its upper end on which enlargement are mounted pinsg. Pivotally sup ported in these pins are the two covers 6, each ofwhich is hemispherical in form, and which when closed together, as shownin Fig. 1, completely conceal the bowl or receiver g. The shaft in canbe moved by a hand lever or pedal, shown in Fig. 3, in which 3represents the pedal mounted on the pin or shaft & and connected by thepin 11 to the lower end of the upright shaft is.

The upright shaft it passes between guides 5 fastened inside the hollowcolumn a, and at its upper end carries links it, each of which links ispivotally connected to the shaft is and to one of the half covers 6 sothat the upward movement of said shaft will throw the covers apart,thereby exposing the bowl or receiver, as shown in Fig. Q. Mounted onthe shaft 70 is a spring Z, which normally tends to throw said shaftdownand close the covers 6 when the user removes his foot from the pedal 3.

The bowl or receiver g is of any desired shape, and is provided with adischarge pipe 7. Into the upper part of the bowl 9 a pipe 8 is adaptedto deliver water or other cleansing or disinfecting fluid. This pipe isprovided with a valve a, which is operated by means of a link 2?pivotally connected to the handle thereof, and the lower end of whichlink is pivotally connected to the shaft 70 at the point u.

The operation is as follows :The user presses upon the pedal 3 throwingopen the covers a by the upward movement of the shaft 70, and thismovement of the shaft at the same time opens the valve in the pipe .9allowing liquid to be delivered into the bowl or receiver 9.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a spittoon, thecombination of a hollow column, a bowl terminating in a delivery pipepassing through said column, a supply pipe delivering into the upperpart of said bowl, hemispherical cover sections mounted on the top ofsaid column and adapted to swing toward each other to cover said bowl,said cover sections being cut away to allow the passage therethrough ofsaid pipes, a valve located in said supply pipe, and means forsimultaneously swinging said covers away from each other to expose saidbowl and for opening said valve, substantially as described.

2. In a spittoon, the combination of a hollow column, a bowl terminatingin a deaway to allow the passage therethrough of said pipes, a Valvelocated in said supply pipe, means for simultaneously swinging saidcovers away from each other and for opening said Valve, and springoperated devices for restoring the parts to their normal conditions,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signatiire 111 presence of tWoWitnesses.

JUAN ESCUDER.

GONSTANTIN ZEGUR Y CID,

